Citizenship
It's the easiest way to become a US Citizen.
What is being born in the US?
They are the five first amendment freedoms.
What are freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, right to assemble, and right to petition?
This propaganda technique creates the impression there is widespread support for something and you should join too.
What is Bandwagon?
This indirect method of elections is how we select our president.
What is the Electoral College?
These are both types of autocracies.
What are monarchies and dictatorships?
It is having citizenship in two different countries.
What is dual citizenship?
This amendment passed in 1961 granted residents of DC the right to vote for the president.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
This type of argument uses strong feelings to persuade the audience of something.
What is pathos?
This is the combination of specific solutions to problems (or planks) that a political party has.
What is a Platform?
This is a lack of government.
What is anarchy?
What is naturalization?
This amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This propaganda technique compares two options, showing only positive for one and only negative for the other.
What is Card Stacking?
This is a political party that is not one of the two primary political parties in the US.
What is a Third Party?
This is rule by a small group of people.
What is an oligarchy?
They are things citizens are required to do for the country.
What are civic duties?
In 1971, this passed, granting the right to vote to citizens 18 years or older.
What is the 26th Amendment?
These are the four things required for a MLA heading.
What are your name, teacher name, course name, and date?
It is the date the Electoral Votes are counted and the presidential election results are officially certified.
What is January 6th?
This is a form of government where citizens are directly involved in the day-to-day work of governing the country.
What is a direct democracy?
They are requirements for naturalization.
What are: being at least 18 years of age; speaking, reading, and writing English; having "good moral character"; passing a Citizenship test; being a resident for 5 years; and swearing allegiance to the US?
Passed in 1870, this prevented the right to vote from being denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This type of argument uses an ethical appeal based on the credibility of the author to convince the audience.
What is ethos?
This is the name for the strategy used to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing specific groups of people from voting.
What is Voter Suppression?
This is usually the head of the country in a republic.
What is a president?